Chapter 24
Unbalanced Power
Kavar awoke to find himself laying on grass and mud. He stood groggily and rubbed his eyes. As he opened his eyes, his hands dropped to his sides in shock to find himself in a circle of people. Directly in front of him was Lucius and Voldermort, he turned to see Nicolas next to Lucius, Lonnie and Isabel. There were a few Deatheaters standing a few yards away. He turned back to Lonnie and Nicolas.
"You traitors!" He exclaimed.
"Hey, ya gotta go where the power is and you just don't have it." Lonnie replied.
Kavar glared at Nicolas. "So this is payback?"
"I can't live in your shadow forever. And I never wanted to throne, I wanted her." He grasped Lonnie's hand as he spoke.
"So you're settling for a cheap imitation?"
"No, I've found someone better."
Kavar turned to his last chance.
"I'm not her, don't bother." Isabel cut him off. She watched as Voldermort levitated a book in front of her. The book opened and pages fluttered and stopped. The book floated open before her. She looked at him with fury in her eyes. "Power Transfer Spell"
His eyes widened, "no you can't…" then he grew cocky. "I'm too powerful, it will kill you."
"No," Voldermort hissed, "it will kill you."
"Isabel, if I know anything, I know that you cannot kill."
"Then you don't know anything." She replied as she took Lonnie and Voldermort's hands.
Voldermort began a low chant and after the first verse Lucius, Lonnie, and Nicolas joined in. Their voices were low like a whisper, but load enough that Kavar could hear them. "We don not bind, but pull away. What was once his shall belong to we. Hold his body, there stay it stay. His pain shall be our key."
As they spoke a red translucent bubble formed around Kavar. Isabel held up her arms in front of her at shoulder level, everyone followed in suit.
In a loud clear voice she spoke as the chanting continued. "The power you have you do not deserve. So now to us it shall serve. Give us the power he does not need."
As she spoke, Kavar felt as though someone had stuck a plunger to his chest and was now trying to slowly pull it off. He gasped loudly as pain exploded from his heart. He knew that if this body died it would kill him too. Why did he align himself with that venomous wizard? He cried out. As the chanting grew louder, the pressure also grew.
"He may have been the one to lead. Now he will wither. As his power will slither." As Isabel finished she joined the other in their chant, their voices getting louder and louder. Kavar fell to his knees as the pressure swelled. Two glowing white strands began to pull out of his body from both his front and back. Each strand split in two and stretched toward each of the four. The chant was now being yelled. Suddenly Kavar felt something explode and then he was gone. The strands broke from his body and plunged into the chests of the four. Isabel who was still chanting watched as Kavar's body fell and a red glowing ball rose his back and shot into her. Her whole body tingled and buzzed.
The deatheaters watched as the four crumpled to the ground. The girl screamed as a red glowing ball hit her. Her body rose a few inches off of the ground. They watched as a burst of blue light shot out of her hands at Kavar turning his body to ash. Then she fell silently to the ground face down. The six deatheaters rushed forward to collect the five unconscious and apparate them back to the house. After the last one left leaving the field empty a tiny blue ball emerged from Kavar's ashes and shot straight up into the night sky.
A small figure watched the wall of lights before him. Suddenly one light began to blink rapidly before it went out.
"Not possible." The figure spoke in an unknown language. He watched the screen hoping it was a mistake. The light stayed off. He jumped to his feet and bolted out of the room. He ran down a hall into a larger room, where another mall sat watching the two suns set.
"Red sunset is never a good sign." The other male spoke as he noticed the younger male standing before him. "Captain, what's wrong, you're pale."
"Sir, Kavar…"
"What of him?" The older male asked spitefully.
"He's dead, sir." The room grew silent. "Sir? What shall I do?"
"Tell Commander Larek to go down and find the royal four."
"Yes, sir." The younger male quickly left the room.
Snape was sitting in his room talking to Sirus and Amy. He had never bothered to get to know Sirus in school, now he wished he had. The man was not as stuck up as his other fellow Gryffindors. The ironic thing was now that Riddle was out of the way Amy seemed to favor both him and Sirus. Maybe it was due to their extended time apart or maybe this was how it really could have been. Suddenly his whole head started to throb. He cried out and squeezed his eyes shut. He wasn't bathed in darkness; instead he was in the center of a circle. In front of him was Isabel chanting a spell. Kavar! Snape suddenly realized what was happening. The bugs that were put into their heads linked the 6 of them. They were killing Kavar, but what would that do to him?
Sirus jumped out of his chair and caught Severus as he fell. "Amy, run, get Dumbledore, I'll take him to the infirmary." As Amy ran, Sirus cradled the screaming Potion Professor and ran out. But he soon realized how heavy the professor really was as he attempted to carry him up the stairs. As he neared another landing he caught sight of Peeves playing with a rug. Sirus pulled out his wand, spoke an incantation, and waved. The carpet floated over to them. Sirus placed the withering Severus on and then jumped on himself.
"Have you ever seen one?" Hermione asked.
"Nah, but my dad says that they're pretty rare now. They were more popular when he was in school." Ron replied.
"How hard is the spell?" Harry asked. Hermione glanced at him. "Wrong I know, but I'm curious."
"I don't think it's a hard spell, it just is not used that often." She sighed. "It must be easier to control than a broom."
"Possibly," Ron commented, "and more room for other people."
Whoosh! A large gust of wind blew over their heads. The three looked up to see Sirus fly overhead on a flying carpet with a withering Snape.
"Well, now you can say you've seen one." Ron commented.
Hermione and Harry nodded their heads, as Ron started to run after them. He turned to see his friends still immobile. "Come on."
"You know you are going to have to take notes, if you expect to pass." Draco commented.
"It's just I…" Rath couldn't finish.
"You don't know how to write do you?" Kyle asked.
"No, never went to school."
"Can you read?" Draco asked.
"A little, street signs mostly."
"Well, we'll teach you." Kyle suggested.
"DUCK!" Draco cried out.
Kyle and Rath hit the floor and rolled over just in time to see Sirus and Snape on a carpet pass over Draco's head. They both stood as Sirus turned the corner.
"Do we learn how to do that?" Rath asked in awe.
"No, I don't think so." Draco said.
Sirus landed in the infirmary to find Dumbledore and Amy waiting for them. Sirus stopped the carpet next to the first bed and rolled the now quiet Severus onto it. Dumbledore looked down at the Potions Professor.
"Severus?"
"Albus, Kavar, bloody alien…"
"What happened?"
"Isabel, sh-she killed him, w-with Voldermort."
"How are you?"
"Fine, now, my head is spinning, the pain was from the bug, the connection breaking a-and the spell dissolving."
"Well, I want you to stay here for the night. Your body cannot handle all of this torment."
Severus nodded his head. He turned to watch Sirus deactivate the spell on the rug. "I was wrong about you." Sirus looked up in surprise. "You are quiet the noble man."
Sirus gave a sweeping bow, "why thank you."
"Sirus," the headmaster spoke, "did any of the children see you?"
"The three terrors: Harry, Ron, and Hermione, & Draco, Rath, and Kyle. No one that matters, don't worry I avoided the halls were the Weasley twins would be." He smiled.
Albus sighed, "that's the last thing I need."
"How are you doing, sir?" Amy asked.
Albus knew he could not lie to her, she was a mother after all, and she had experiences with those things. He inhaled deeply. "It's a larger burden this year, so many more to worry about."
"You're not alone, we are all right here." She said. "I know how to ask for help, it's hard and it kills your ego, but it feels better."
He smiled.
"And if you ever want a day off, I'm sure Amy or Sirus would graciously take your place." Snape added.
"Just ask." Sirus said with a smile.
"I will think about it." Albus said with a twinkle in his eyes.
Amy hugged him. "Get some sleep and we'll make sure he does."
Albus smiled again, "Sirus, do you mind if I take your carpet for a ride."
"Of course not, sir." Sirus replied as he enchanted the carpet once more. The trio watched as the headmaster flew out the window on the carpet.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione returned to their tower to find Maria standing outside looking lost. "Is Michael in there, do you know?" Maria asked them.
"He should be." Hermione replied.
As the portrait swung open, Harry spied Michael inside. "Go ahead," he said stepping aside so she could go in.
As she entered Michael stood, "are you alright? The baby…"
"The baby is fine, we need to talk, privately."
Michael led her up to his room, which was empty. "What is it?" He asked as he closed the door.
She sat on his bed. "Kavar's dead."
"How do you know?"
"Sirus, I was walking past the infirmary. When he died, the bug or whatever connection between Snape and Kavar broke."
"Is Snape okay?"
"He was in a lot of pain, but he's alright now." She moved over closer to him as he sat next to her. "But I was thinking, it didn't take much for the aliens to contact Zan about the summit. So with Kavar being murdered it might cause a ripple effect."
"You think they were tracing him?"
"Be damn stupid not to."
Michael sighed, "which means they'll need a leader."
"Max, but can he really say no again? Or will they try and drag him back?"
"I won't leave you, not now, not ever."
Maria blinked surprised. "Did you just pick up on my hints without a fight?" She mocked.
He ignored her. "I'm serious, I didn't have a real family and you didn't have a true father. They'll have to kill me before they make my child grow up the same way."
She smacked his arm.
"Not what I was expecting."
"You'll jinx us!" She exclaimed over him. He kissed her, she let him win her over with that.
Larek stood watching as his husk was being prepared. He had seen earth through the human Brody's eyes, but the coordinates where the royal were located was not on any map they knew of. This made Larek suspicious and worried. The worst part is he knew how Max, Michael, and Isabel felt about returning. Convincing them would be close to impossible and he didn't want to resort to force as he had been ordered to.